{"id":5084,"date":"2025-12-16T12:58:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T12:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/convergencemag\/?p=5084"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:49:12","slug":"__trashed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/convergencemag\/__trashed\/","title":{"rendered":"Predators of the press"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Authors: Ann Snaggs, Benjamin Steeves <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Graphics: Julia Sequeira<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe src='https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/26591860\/embed' title='Interactive or visual content' class='flourish-embed-iframe' frameborder='0' scrolling='no' style='width:100%;height:600px;' sandbox='allow-same-origin allow-forms allow-scripts allow-downloads allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation'><\/iframe><div style='width:100%!;margin-top:4px!important;text-align:right!important;'><a class='flourish-credit' href='https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/26591860\/?utm_source=embed&#038;utm_campaign=visualisation\/26591860' target='_top' style='text-decoration:none!important' rel=\"noopener\"><img alt='Made with Flourish' src='https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/made_with_flourish.svg' style='width:105px!important;height:16px!important;border:none!important;margin:0!important;'> <\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em>Created by Julia Sequeira, Managing Editor Online<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In every issue of Convergence, we spotlight countries that&nbsp;currently&nbsp;pose or have posed threats to journalists either through injury,&nbsp;incarceration&nbsp;or death. In 2025,&nbsp;at press time,&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifj.org\/what\/safety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">International Federation of Journalists<\/a>&nbsp;(IFJ) reports that 109&nbsp;journalists were killed with&nbsp;over 500 detained and&nbsp;more than&nbsp;130 missing to date according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rsf.org\/en\/barometer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reporters Without Borders<\/a>&nbsp;(RSF). The RSF publishes and updates their World Press Freedom Index which ranks countries with respect to censorship and the danger posed to journalists. We have mentioned these rankings for each region we have profiled below. Rankings are out of 180.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rsf.org\/en\/methodology-used-compiling-world-press-freedom-index-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RSF<\/a>&nbsp;compiles its press freedom index using a detailed questionnaire&nbsp;containing&nbsp;a&nbsp;magnitude&nbsp;of&nbsp;different categories&nbsp;pertaining to&nbsp;violations against journalists, news media, and the public&#8217;s access to information. It looks at the degree of impunity for individuals who commit abuses such as censorship, attacks, incarceration, as well as threats made towards journalists.&nbsp;In order to&nbsp;rank 180 nations for which sufficient data is available, completed surveys from experts, correspondents, and partner organizations are scored. The index does not&nbsp;represent&nbsp;the general calibre of each nation&#8217;s media, but rather the circumstances surrounding press freedom.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our&nbsp;selection&nbsp;of the regions we highlighted was based&nbsp;on ongoing&nbsp;wars, conflicts, and media crackdowns that journalists have&nbsp;encountered&nbsp;over the last two years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2024, according to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.org\/special-reports\/2024-is-deadliest-year-for-journalists-in-cpj-history-almost-70-percent-killed-by-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Committee to Protect Journalists<\/a>&nbsp;(CPJ), 124 journalists were killed while reporting, the highest number killed since data collection started almost thirty years ago, exceeding the record high of 113 in 2007. The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed November 2 to be the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) estimates that more than 1,700 journalists have been killed in the past 19 years. Ninety per cent of the cases&nbsp;remain&nbsp;unsolved to this day.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authors: Ann Snaggs, Benjamin Steeves Graphics: Julia Sequeira Created by Julia Sequeira, Managing Editor Online In every issue of Convergence, we spotlight countries that&nbsp;currently&nbsp;pose or have posed threats to journalists either through injury,&nbsp;incarceration&nbsp;or death. 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